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The Secret to Preventing Community College Dropouts? Start With Middle School

Edsurge

If we’ve got middle school students (identified through our data points) ready to take on a high school class while they're in middle school, our. In Putnam County, we’ve been talking about identifying where a student is by the data when they come to the classroom. How does tech fit into this?

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Colleges are using big data to track students in an effort to boost graduation rates, but it comes at a cost

The Hechinger Report

Georgia State is one of a growing number of schools that have turned to big data to help them identify students who might be struggling – or soon be struggling – academically so the school can provide support before students drop out. Critics say there are potential downsides to monitoring student data so closely.

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In Puerto Rico, the odds are against high school grads who want to go to college

The Hechinger Report

Among the many other problems dragging down Puerto Rico’s stagnant economy, made worse by hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, is a huge high school dropout rate and, among those students who do manage to graduate, a comparatively low trajectory to college — especially college on the mainland — and a high dropout rate there, too.

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Home visiting in high school: Trying an intervention for toddlers on teenagers

The Hechinger Report

But in this county of fewer than 19,000 residents, just 38 percent of recent high school graduates sought more education, according to the latest available data from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. The district also sponsored its first 3-day home-visiting conference in late November for teachers.

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Charter schools nearly destroyed this New Orleans school. Now it will become one.

The Hechinger Report

Rather than operating schools, it is our job to approve who has the privilege to operate a school,” Lewis said at an October 2018 press conference. Spending fell from $15,594 per student in 2008-09 to $11,651 per student in 2016-17, the most recent state data available.

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Why decades of trying to end racial segregation in gifted education haven’t worked

The Hechinger Report

Nearly 60 percent of students in gifted education are white, according to the most recent federal data , compared to 50 percent of public school enrollment overall. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights data suggested the problem is acute in some cities that also have high levels of racial segregation by neighborhood.

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The Learning Revolution Has Begun

Updates Partner Spotlight Partner Announcements Calendar of Events Deadlines Highlighted Recordings NMC Navigator Top Ten Conversations Final Notes Updates Learning Revolution Conference. The Learning Revolution Conference schedule is now up! then a full conference day on Thursday. Be a Presenter at Reinventing the Classroom.

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